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Brazil: 19 Hometown Assets

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan – Competitor Tanie Hatano shows off her medal after placing first in the women’s figure- over 5’4” to and including 5’6” division Aug. 6 at the 2017 Far East Bodybuilding Competition aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Figure competitions are a blend of bodybuilding and fitness. Hatano placed first in the women’s figure and overall for women’s......
Hometown: Pelotas

“My older brother joined the Marines and he encouraged me to join the armed forces, but I wanted to get a feel for what college classes were like. I decided to take classes at a community college. I was working at the same time and living with my parents. It was getting boring and I didn’t want to do it for the next four years, so I went to the recruiter and decided to join the Air Force.......
Hometown: Manaus

Airman 1st Class Cristine Barcellos Toffano, 60th Comptroller Squadron, poses for a photo at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 9, 2017. Barcellos Toffano grew up in Brazil and joined the U.S. Air Force in September 2016. As a member of the 60th CPTS, she is part of a diverse unit joining Airmen from seven different countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)...
Hometown: Brasilia

Cpl. Jordan Aaron Summerton stands in front of his barracks, on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2016. He just finished packing up and is ready to return home from a six-month deployment in the Pacific. Summerton, a Colombia, South Carolina, native, is a mortarman with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, which supported III Marine Expeditionary Force......
Hometown: Colombia

Is Cpl. Jordan Aaron Summerton the fastest human to fire an 81 mm. mortar? Cpl. Winston Spires, a mortarman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, boldly makes the case as he looks at his brother-in-law with admiration.
“Going off of what we’ve completed versus what other platoons have completed, we’re the most efficient mortar platoon in the Marine Corps,” said Spires. “And if......
Hometown: Colombia